William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Twin Cities Area
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Almelund Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Sandstone
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion School In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lost Highway 61
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Visiting Golden Gate
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Enter Marlon Brando
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome to Hanska
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The End of the Line in Currie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Le Sueur Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City